Physician profile

Sameer Ahmed Gafoor

Interventional Cardiology · Seattle, WA

NPI 1003933987

$79,569.03

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

15 companies · $35K in 2025

The $35K reported for 2025 was more than what 95% of Interventional Cardiology providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $1,092).

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Payments by year

General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.

What the payments were for

Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.

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Payment typeAmount (2023-2025)
Travel and Lodging$24,747.85
Consulting Fee$19,437.50
Food and Beverage$15,219.07
Compensation For Services Other Than Consulting, Including Serving As Faculty Or As A Speaker At A Venue Other Than A Continuing Education Program$12,000.00
Long Term Medical Supply Or Device Loan$281.66
Grant$95.00

Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.

Who reported paying

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.

CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Abbott Laboratories $40,107.00 2023-2025 Mitraclip, Triclip, Navitor
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $15,972.45 2021-2025 Edwards Sapien 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (Thv), Pascal, Edwards Sapien 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve
Inari Medical, INC. $10,584.41 2022-2025 Flowtriever Catheter, S, Ct Thrombectomy System Kit
Boston Scientific Corporation $9,290.51 2019-2025 Watchman, Watchman Access System, Watchman Flx
Biosense Webster, INC. $1,240.17 2024 Thermocool Sf
Medtronic Vascular, INC. $866.55 2019
Stryker Corporation $409.77 2025 Flowtriever, Ct Thrombectomy System Kit, Flowtriever Catheter, S
Angiodynamics, INC. $254.31 2023 Alphavac
Medtronic, INC. $173.46 2023-2024 Corevalve Evolut R
Atricure, INC. $155.73 2019
Abiomed $147.06 2024 Impella
Philips North America LLC $127.75 2024 (Ao0) Igt Devices Intracardiac
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $123.04 2022
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, INC. $93.94 2019
Novo Nordisk INC $22.88 2024 Ozempic

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

CMS records which products a payment was associated with, not how the money was allocated. Association is not allocation: one payment can be associated with several products, and a product listing does not mean the payment was made because of that product. Product detail covers 2023-2025.

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Payment summary

Sameer Ahmed Gafoor

$79,569.03

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2025
Top company
Abbott Laboratories
Context
The $35K reported for 2025 was more than what 95% of Interventional Cardiology providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $1,092).

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025. Payments are legal and often routine.

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.